January 11

1964

US Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry publishes his report saying that smoking is bad for you.

Up in Smoke

This quiz is a bunch of smoke and no mirrors.

  1. What brand of beer is Burt Reynolds's character smuggling in Smokey and the Bandit?
  2. What song was inspired by a 1971 fire a casino in Montreux, Switzerland?
  3. What radioacitve element is used in smoke detectors?
  4. What fictional character's voice has been provided by Jim Cummings, Sam Elliott, and most recently, Brian Tyree Henry?
  5. What is burned to produce the smoke for papal elections?
  1. Coors
  2. Smoke on the Water
  3. Americium
  4. Smokey Bear
  5. The voting ballots

1973

The American League of the MLB votes to add the designated hitter position.

DH Rules!

These may not be designated hitters, but they are DHs!

  1. Who is the only special teams player to win Super Bowl MVP?
  2. What shape is most associated with Rosalind Franklin?
  3. What actor helps SpongeBob and Patrick get back to Bikini Bottom in the first SpongeBob movie?
  4. What TV show that ran from 2004 to 2012 was set on Wisteria Lane in Fairview?
  5. What video game series debuted in 1997, with Sunstorm Interactive developing and WizardWorks publishing?
  6. What famous female rock star is, ironically not, naturally blonde?
  7. Who dated Stevie Nicks from 1977 to 1978?
  8. Who's famous line "I'm walking here!" was actually an ad lib brought on by a rogue taxi almost running him over mid-filming?
  1. Desmond Howard
  2. Double helix
  3. David Hasselhoff
  4. Desperate Housewives
  5. Deer Hunter
  6. Debbie Harry
  7. Don Henley
  8. Dustin Hoffman

2008

Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt. Everest, dies in Auckland.

A Mountain of Trivia

Can you climb this mountain of mountain-themed questions?

  1. What was the name of the sherpa who helped Edmund Hillary climb Mt. Everest?
  2. What mountain range contains the highest point between the Rockies and the European Alps?
  3. What soda's name comes from a slang term for moonshine?
  4. What mountain known to a many a parkour expert has name that means "Green Mountain"?
  5. According to legend, what patron saint of Wales prompted God to make a mountain out of molehill so everyone could hear him preach?
  6. What is the largest city in the Mountain Time Zone?
  7. What kind of animal is a mountain chicken?
  8. What ride at Walt Disney World that opened in 1975 was inspired by an earlier ride called Matterhorn Bobsleds?
  1. Tenzing Norgay
  2. The Black Hills
  3. Mountain Dew
  4. Mt. Midoriyama (from American Ninja Warrior)
  5. St. David
  6. Phoenix, Arizona
  7. A frog
  8. Space Mountain
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